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Download or read book Beijing and Tianjin written by Brian Hook and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cities of Beijing and Tianjin have had a long and complementary relationship. Tianjin has been central to Beijing's development--just as Beijing has to Tianjin's--mainly due to its strategic coastal location. This book explores how the dual relationship between these cities (despite occasionally faltering when political ideology has overshadowed economic prosperity) has developed two very similar economies--one as the center of culture and politics, the other as the center of industrialization.
Download or read book Beijing and Tianjin written by and published by . This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis China's Old Churches by : Alan Richard Sweeten
Download or read book China's Old Churches written by Alan Richard Sweeten and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-12-16 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alan Sweeten’s China’s Old Churches presents a long-term historical view of Catholicism in north China as seen through Western-style sacred structures. Using historical materials as well as architectural and visual evidence, he reveals churches’ former impact and their present-day legacy.
Book Synopsis The Salt Merchants of Tianjin by : Man Bun Kwan
Download or read book The Salt Merchants of Tianjin written by Man Bun Kwan and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly four hundred years the Changlu salt merchants played a leading role in the urbanization, commercial development, and social change of the city of Tianjin. As early as the fifteenth century, this small yet important group of citizens negotiated with the state as revenue-farmers, developing and defending their businesses and customs while evolving their own urban culture. In this the first detailed study in English of the mercantile activities and social role of Tianjin's salt merchants, Kwan Man Bun reveals how they helped stabilize the city and assumed many civic responsibilities, providing relief, charities, and other services to their fellow citizenry. Although these developments resemble the emergence of an idealized "public sphere" as in Europe, Kwan makes clear that Tianjin's social changes were not grounded on "rational discourse" but rather drew their strength and continuity from merchant networks based on exclusivity, wealth, education, and kinship.
Book Synopsis Analysis of the Development of Beijing, 2019 by : Beijing Academy of Social Sciences
Download or read book Analysis of the Development of Beijing, 2019 written by Beijing Academy of Social Sciences and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-16 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an overview of the rapid development Beijing has seen in a wide range of areas in 2018, both in itself and as an integral part of a larger region, as China’s economic development continues to improve in overall quality and regional coordination. General reports on progress Beijing made and problems it faced in 2018 in improving its economy, public services, and municipal and community governance, urban planning, and funding for innovations are followed by case studies that look at best practices and how they can be applied towards promoting coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The strategy features prominently in the outlook contributors present for the greater metropolitan area of Beijing for 2019. This book is a valuable source of reference for anyone trying to gain a better understanding the what, how, and why in relation to one of the world’s fastest growing mega-cities.
Book Synopsis China: A Historical Geography of the Urban by : Yannan Ding
Download or read book China: A Historical Geography of the Urban written by Yannan Ding and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a unique contribution to the burgeoning field of Chinese historical geography. Urban transformation in China constitutes both a domestic revolution and a world-historical event. Through the exploration of nine urban sites of momentous change, over an extended period of time, this book connects the past with the present, and provides much-needed literature on city growth and how they became complex laboratories of prosperity. The first part of this book puts Chinese urban changes into historical perspective, and probes the relationship between nation and city, focusing on Shanghai, Beijing and Changchun. Part two deals with the relationship between history and modernity, concentrating on Tunxi, a traditional trade center of tea, New Villages in Shanghai and street names in Taipei and Shanghai. Part three showcases the complexities of urban regeneration vis-à-vis heritage preservation in cities such as Datong, Tianjin and Qingdao. This book offers an innovative interdisciplinary and international perspective, which will be of interest to students and scholars of Chinese urban studies, as well Chinese politics and society.
Book Synopsis The Narrative Arts of Tianjin: Between Music and Language by : Francesca R. Sborgi Lawson
Download or read book The Narrative Arts of Tianjin: Between Music and Language written by Francesca R. Sborgi Lawson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In studying one of the world's oldest and most enduring musical cultures, academics have consistently missed one of the richest forms of Chinese cultural expression: performed narratives. Francesca R. Sborgi Lawson explores the relationships between language and music in the performance of four narrative genres in the city of Tianjin, China, based upon original field research conducted in the People's Republic of China in the mid 1980s and in 1991. The author emphasizes the unique nature of oral performances in China: these genres are both musical and literary and yet are considered to be neither music nor literature. Lawson employs extensive examples of the complex interaction of music and language in each genre, all the while relating those analyses to broader cultural issues and to patterns of social relationships. The narrative arts known as shuochang (speaking-singing) are depicted as genres that constitute a unique communicative discourse”the communication of stories in song. The genres subsumed under the native conception of shuochang include Tianjin Popular Tunes, Beijing Drumsong, Clappertales and Comic Routines. The maximum utilization of shuo (speaking) and chang (singing) in all their varying manifestations constitutes the vitality of the traditional narrative arts in the city of Tianjin”the center for these arts in North China. The variety of narrative forms provides entertainment for audiences representing all social strata of Chinese society. The author argues that Chinese narrative traditions represent a foundation from which certain Chinese literary and operatic traditions have borrowed, such as how the novels from the Ming-Qing period draw on the performed narrative arts both in style and in content. Hence, an understanding of performed narratives is not only useful to scholars in Chinese literature and music, but also to scholars interested in broadening their understanding of China generally.
Book Synopsis Danes in Tianjin China by : Leif Littrup
Download or read book Danes in Tianjin China written by Leif Littrup and published by . This book was released on 2022-10-03 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of foreign concessions in China has been subject to increasing attention both inside and outside of China. For the foreigners, the development of the concessions followed the Euro-American expansion/colonialism. For the Chinese, they developed into signs of the humiliation of China and its standing in the international community and, at the same time, they often became zones for the introduction of foreign technology from which later developments in China benefitted.While Denmark did not have concessions, Danes were there almost from the beginning, and purpose of this book is:- To illustrate the role played by Danes in the development of Tianjin as a treaty port and their interaction with other foreigners and the Chinese, citing the stories of some of the Danish migrant families who made Tianjin their base for longer or shorter time.- To ensure Tianjin its proper place in the history of Danes in China and of Danish relations with China.- To ensure that Danes and Danish archival material form part of international research on foreign concessions in Tianjin.
Book Synopsis Analysis of the Development of Beijing (2018) by : Beijing Academy of Social Sciences
Download or read book Analysis of the Development of Beijing (2018) written by Beijing Academy of Social Sciences and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an overview of the rapid development Beijing has seen in a wide range of areas in 2017, both in itself and as an integral part of a larger region, as China’s economic development continues to improve in overall quality and regional coordination. General reports on progress Beijing made and problems it faced in 2017 in improving its economy, public services, municipal and community governance, urban planning, and funding for innovations are followed by case studies that look at best practices and how they can be applied towards promoting coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The strategy features prominently in the outlook contributors present for the greater metropolitan area of Beijing for 2018. This book is a valuable source of reference for anyone trying to gain a better understanding the what, how, and why in relation to one of the world’s fastest growing mega-cities.
Book Synopsis China Briefing’s Business Guide to Beijing and North-East China by :
Download or read book China Briefing’s Business Guide to Beijing and North-East China written by and published by China Briefing Media, Ltd.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Study on the Coordinated Development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei by : Advisory Group of Experts of Adb Technical Assistance Project
Download or read book Study on the Coordinated Development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei written by Advisory Group of Experts of Adb Technical Assistance Project and published by Paths International Limited. This book was released on 2022-02-25 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Asian Development Bank, together with the Hebei Provincial Government and the National Development and Reform Commission, set up an expert team to conduct an in-depth investigation and study on the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The author studies the sustainable development strategy by using the superior technology and academic methods from the aspects of economy, culture, environmental protection, and poverty alleviation, etc. This book puts forward some strategic suggestions and measures on how to coordinate the development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and accelerate its economic development. This book studies the sustainable development strategy by using the superior technology and academic methods from the aspects of economy, culture, environmental protection, and poverty alleviation, etc. This book puts forward some strategic suggestions and measures on how to coordinate the development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and accelerate its economic development. To some extent, the book has in it all the elements of popularity.
Book Synopsis The Narrative Arts of Tianjin: Between Music and Language by : Francesca R. Sborgi Lawson
Download or read book The Narrative Arts of Tianjin: Between Music and Language written by Francesca R. Sborgi Lawson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In studying one of the world's oldest and most enduring musical cultures, academics have consistently missed one of the richest forms of Chinese cultural expression: performed narratives. Francesca R. Sborgi Lawson explores the relationships between language and music in the performance of four narrative genres in the city of Tianjin, China, based upon original field research conducted in the People's Republic of China in the mid 1980s and in 1991. The author emphasizes the unique nature of oral performances in China: these genres are both musical and literary and yet are considered to be neither music nor literature. Lawson employs extensive examples of the complex interaction of music and language in each genre, all the while relating those analyses to broader cultural issues and to patterns of social relationships. The narrative arts known as shuochang (speaking-singing) are depicted as genres that constitute a unique communicative discourse”the communication of stories in song. The genres subsumed under the native conception of shuochang include Tianjin Popular Tunes, Beijing Drumsong, Clappertales and Comic Routines. The maximum utilization of shuo (speaking) and chang (singing) in all their varying manifestations constitutes the vitality of the traditional narrative arts in the city of Tianjin”the center for these arts in North China. The variety of narrative forms provides entertainment for audiences representing all social strata of Chinese society. The author argues that Chinese narrative traditions represent a foundation from which certain Chinese literary and operatic traditions have borrowed, such as how the novels from the Ming-Qing period draw on the performed narrative arts both in style and in content. Hence, an understanding of performed narratives is not only useful to scholars in Chinese literature and music, but also to scholars interested in broadening their understanding of China generally.
Book Synopsis The China Connection by : Joe Studwell
Download or read book The China Connection written by Joe Studwell and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one of a series of four reports which contain information for anyone wishing to expand or set up an office or joint venture in China. According to to a survey conducted at an international forum organized by the Economist Conferences, the main areas of business and investment interest in China are Shanghai, Beijing, the north-east and Guangdong. This series concentrates on these areas, providing comprehensive information on how to start and run a business. Each report focuses on a key investment region and gives details and analyses in case studies.
Book Synopsis Battle for Beijing, 1858–1860 by : Harry Gelber
Download or read book Battle for Beijing, 1858–1860 written by Harry Gelber and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ‘battle for Beijing’ is universally – and quite wrongly – believed to have been about opium. This book argues that it was about freedom to trade, Britain’s demands for diplomatic equality, and French demands for religious freedom in China. Both countries agreed that their armies, which repeatedly prevailed over Chinese ones that were numerically superior, would stay out of Beijing itself, but were infuriated by China’s imprisonment, torture and death of British, French and Indian negotiators. At the same time, the British and French also helped the empire to battle rebels and to pocket port and harbour dues. They steered carefully between their political and trading demands, and navigated the danger that undue stress would make China’s fragile government and empire fall apart. If it did, there would be no one to make any kind of agreement with; much of East Asia would be in chaos and Russian power would soon expand. Battle for Beijing, 1858–1860 offers fresh insights into the reasons behind the actions and strategies of British authorities, both at home and in China, and the British and French military commanders. It goes against the widely accepted views surrounding the Franco-British conflict, proposing a bold new argument and perspective.
Book Synopsis Dwelling in the World by : Elizabeth LaCouture
Download or read book Dwelling in the World written by Elizabeth LaCouture and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the early twentieth century, Chinese residents of the northern treaty-port city of Tianjin were dwelling in the world. Divided by nine foreign concessions, Tianjin was one of the world’s most colonized and cosmopolitan cities. Residents could circle the globe in an afternoon, strolling from a Chinese courtyard house through a Japanese garden past a French Beaux-Arts bank to dine at a German café and fall asleep in a British garden city-style semi-attached brick house. Dwelling in the World considers family, house, and home in Tianjin to explore how tempos and structures of everyday life changed with the fall of the Qing Empire and the rise of a colonized city. Elizabeth LaCouture argues that the intimate ideas and practices of the modern home were more important in shaping the gender and status identities of Tianjin’s urban elites than the new public ideology of the nation. Placing the Chinese home in a global context, she challenges Euro-American historical notions that the private sphere emerged from industrialization. She argues that concepts of individual property rights that emerged during the Republican era became foundational to state-society relations in early Communist housing reforms and in today’s middle-class real estate boom. Drawing on diverse sources from municipal archives, women’s magazines, and architectural field work to social surveys and colonial records, Dwelling in the World recasts Chinese social and cultural history, offering new perspectives on gender and class, colonialism and empire, visual and material culture, and technology and everyday life.
Book Synopsis Power and Politics in Late Imperial China by : Stephen R. MacKinnon
Download or read book Power and Politics in Late Imperial China written by Stephen R. MacKinnon and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Remaking the Chinese City by : Joseph Esherick
Download or read book Remaking the Chinese City written by Joseph Esherick and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Collects in one place some of the most interesting and exciting new work on Chinese urban history.
